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21 May 2003 - 19:28 AMT

TURKEY PRESENT POSITION RESEMBLES THE FIRST WORLD WAR PERIOD, TURKISH EX-PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERS

The present position of Turkey is analogous with that of First World War. The former Prime Minister of the country Bulent Ecevit expressed such an opinion. In his words, as reported by Turkish sources, Turkey is enduring a very important historical period. “The US and Britain raffle off “the Kurd card”, I suppose the “Armenian factor” will be used as well,” – he said. Due to Ecevit, Iraq’s territory is occupied just like during the First World War period, thus being in his opinion not the end but the beginning of hardship.